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An accompanying, separate e-mail is being sent with this
newsletter entitled "Home-School Resource: Explorer's Bible Study"
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The Teaching Home
E-MAIL NEWSLETTER
Information, Inspiration, and Encouragement
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Volume II, Number 11
Aug. 8, 2002
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Table of Contents
Your Child's Health Assessments
Useful Links to Free Resources
Easy Speech Lessons for Teens!
"Who's Teaching Our Son" (Poem)
Sunny Side Up (Humorous Anecdote)
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Your Child's Health Assessments
Summer is a good time for home-school families to
conduct health assessments for their children (that would
otherwise be done for them in the public schools).
Your child's health, hearing, and vision greatly affect his
ability to learn, and an ounce of prevention truly is worth
a pound (or more) of cure!
General Fitness
Measure and record your child's weight and height and
chart his growth. Observe and note your child's overall
appearance, activity, strength, balance, and flexibility.
Schedule a check-up visit with your health care provider if
you have any questions.
Hearing
All children develop communication skills at a
different rate, but parents should pay attention to speech,
language, and hearing milestones and take action if they
suspect a problem.
Sudden, excessive, or continued loud noises, including
video games or loud music, especially with headphones, can
permanently damage your child's hearing.
http://www.lhh.org/noise/prevent.htm
Early identification of hearing problems may enable
developing problems to be corrected by treatment that would
be ineffective or less effective if delayed. The American
Speech-Language-Hearing Association recommends that hearing
should be tested by age 5, and again at ages 6, 7, 8, 13,
and 17, or at any time there is a question or concern
regarding your child's hearing such as poor response to
noise or voice, slow language or speech development, or
abnormal sounding speech.
http://www.asha.org/hearing/testing/#schoolage
Vision
Vision is a key factor in the learning process. Vision
is more than clarity of seeing; it is the ability to visualize,
understand and apply the information that comes through the
eyes. Children with 20/20 sight may not have these
abilities. Therefore, learning problems are often related to
vision problems such as eye movement, eye teaming, and
visual form perception problems.
Information about children's vision development, basic
vision skills needed for school work, and symptoms that
may indicate your child has a vision or visual processing
problem is supplied by the American Optometric
Association and the Optometric Extension Program
Foundation on the following websites:
http://www.healthy.net/oep/PARENT.HTM
http://www.healthy.net/oep/CLASROOM.HTM
http://www.aoa.org/conditions/schoolage_vision.asp
For information on various vision topics
http://www.healthy.net/oep/VISION.HTM
What is Behavioral Optometry?
http://www.healthy.net/oep/WHAT.HTM
Protect your child's eyes with regular eye exams (every
two years), sun glasses with UV protection, safety glasses to
protect from hazards during work or sports. When reading or
studying, make sure your child has proper lighting and good
posture, takes breaks by refocusing on distant objects, and
limits his total time of close work each day.
Computer Vision Center helps you overcome and prevent
vision problems related to computer use.
http://www.compukiss.com/vc/vc.html
Dental/Oral Health
Helping your child develop good oral health habits
should be a top priority. These include good nutrition,
consistent cleaning, brushing, and flossing (by parent until
child can do a good job, about 7 years old). Also include
regular dental check-ups.
http://www.ada.org/public/topics/parents/tips.html
Spine
Scoliosis is an abnormal side-to-side curvature of the
spine. Severe scoliosis puts pressure on the heart,
diminishes lung capacity, and limits physical activity. An
annual screening for Scoliosis and Kyphosis (round back)
during the bone-growing years can make the difference
between a preventable condition and disability in adult
years.
You or your physician can perform a 30-second annual
screening during these growing years. (See link below.
Click on Resources; then "1 in Every 10 Have Scoliosis.")
National Scoliosis Foundation
http://www.scoliosis.org
Immunizations
Immunizations are controversial because of side effects
that can and do occur. Explore both sides of the question:
Centers for Disease Control
http://www.cdc.gov/nip
National Vaccine Information Center
http://www.909shot.com
Child Health Guide: Put Prevention into Practice
This guide briefly explains preventative care for
children, such as check-up visits, immunizations, and
tests. Includes links to charts to print, fill out, and
keep as records.
http://www.ahcpr.gov/ppip/ppchild.htm
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Biblical Solutions to Family Problems
Free monthly e-mail newsletter by Dr. S.M. Davis.
http://www.SolveFamilyProblems.com
Video, "Why Satan Wants Your Firstborn and What
You Can Do About It," revised and updated with over 200
on-screen graphics. $11.50 plus shipping ($18 value).
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Useful Links to Free Resources
Below is a follow-up to our last newsletter's listings
of resources for free online books and study guides.
If you missed the last issue, see
http://www.teachinghome.com/newsletters/vol_2-no_10.cfm
Pink Monkey
Although not from a Christian worldview, this is a
G-rated, family-safe site offering:
* 361 literature summaries and booknotes (252 from Pink
Monkey and 109 from Barron's Booknotes).
* Access to 1,800 literary classics in their digital
library; searchable textbooks.
* Core concepts on 15 school subjects (Not all the
links work, but Pink Monkey is remodeling their site,
and there are still tons of links and information!).
* Standardized test preparation and practice tests.
* Study tips and more.
http://www.PinkMonkey.com/index2.asp
(You are invited to submit useful, noncommercial links.)
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Easy Speech Lessons for Teens!
Dr. Jeff Myers (himself an excellent communicator!) can
take you and your teen by the hand and help you master
speech-making. "Secrets of Great Communicators" is
a simple, six-step coaching system using two videos and
a manual. You will learn the skills to effectively
communicate with confidence, whether you're an
experienced or first-time speaker.
Jeff reveals the secrets of the greatest communicators
of all time, from biblical heroes to 20th Century political
leaders. Step by step you'll discover valuable strategies
and techniques that help make speaking in front of a group
easy, natural, and fun.
Inspired Leadership also offers a teacher's resource
website, as well as free e-courses and "Live Your Gift" free
e-zine which comes with the report, "10 Steps to Banishing
Fear and Dread."
http://www.GreatCommunicators.com
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Who's Teaching Our Son?
by Toria Michelle
Who's teaching our son?
And will they be near,
When his heart is bruised,
And his eye holds a tear?
Will they know what to say,
When he's needing to know,
That he's God's special child,
Though the kids tease him so?
Who's teaching our son?
And what will they say,
When the questions of life,
Are asked them each day?
Will they answer with truth,
Or have they been sold a lie?
Which will they impart,
Upon our little guy?
Who's teaching our son?
A new stranger each year?
Can they really be trusted,
With this treasure so dear?
So why do we feel,
We must send him away?
It's what we've been told,
But . . . what does God say?
Who's teaching our son?
About love, faith, and hope?
Who's training him up,
In the way he should go?
ABC, 123,
All of these he'll command.
But does he know Jesus;
Solid ground will he stand?
Who's teaching our son?
The answer now clear.
Each morn as we rise,
Our dear boy we'll draw near!
God's Word as our guide;
His strength day by day;
We'll teach our son,
The truth and the way!
Deuteronomy 6:4-7
Hear, O Israel ! The Lord is our God, the Lord is one!
You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart
and with all your soul and with all your might.
These words, which I am commanding you today,
shall be on your heart.
You shall teach them diligently to your sons
and shall talk of them when you sit in your house
and when you walk by the way
and when you lie down
and when you rise up.
(You are invited to submit a letter or poem.)
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Sunny Side Up: A Capital Idea
While we were waiting for our food at a restaurant,
I decided to quiz our children to pass the time.
I asked, "What is the capital of Florida?"
My 5-year-old replied, "Is it F?"
-- Submitted by Laura Beck
(You are invited to submit a humorous anecdote.)
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God Loves You.
Because we were separated from God by sin, Jesus Christ
died in our place, then rose to life again. If we trust Jesus
Christ as our Savior and Lord, He will give us eternal life.
“For by grace you have been saved through faith;
and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God; not as a
result of works, that no one should boast” (Ephesians 2:8, 9).
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